Two former Parramatta Eels players are accused of harbouring semi-automatic weapons and possessing more than half-a-million dollars in cash after dramatic arrests in Sydney's Centennial Park yesterday.

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WA Labor frontbencher Rita Saffioti criticised the state government on Monday as weak for not securing commonwealth funding.

Mr Turnbull defended the money for Townsville, saying it was funding as part of a revival of the town itself, which had been hard hit by the downturn in the commodities cycle and closure of the Clive Palmer-owned nickel smelter.

WA was receiving a substantial $3.4 billion in federal infrastructure commitments, he said.

That included $490 million towards the Forrestfield Airport Link rail line to the airport and $1.2 billion to the Perth Freight Link that aims to better link industry including trucks with the Fremantle port.